TWiV 915: Mouse mouth to mouse mom

TWiV discusses the recent decision by an FDA advisory committee to update COVID vaccines for the fall, the monkeypox virus outbreak, and the finding that enteric viruses infect the salivary glands and are transmitted through saliva.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker.

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Dickson – Jazz big bands #2: Maynard Ferguson: Signature song: Theme From Rocky: Signature album: Color Him Wild
Brianne – Origami antibody and virus
Kathy – Turbines resistant to high winds
Rich – Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series)
Vincent – The next epidemic may be here. The US isn’t ready for it.

Listener Picks

David: DALL E 2
Douglas – Jazz Online

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TWiV 914: COVID-19 clinical update #121 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #121, Dr. Griffin discusses age as a risk factor for severe disease, updated vaccine boosters for the fall, pediatric infection and antibody seroprevalence in Arkansas over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, all-cause maternal mortality in the United States before and during the pandemic, and the effect of 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment and how it impacts vaccine immunity.

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TWiV 913: Twinkle twinkle little SARS

TWiV explains the meaning of vaccine-derived poliovirus found in London sewage, risk of long COVID after infections with Delta or Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2, and enhancers of innate immune signaling as broad-spectrum antivirals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler.

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Dickson – Count Basie: April in Paris
Kathy – Bird aerodynamics & inertia: lay article, video, Nature
Rich – NASA Gateway (Thanks Ellis)
Alan – Polio Eradication in Nigeria
Vincent – The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel

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TWiV 912: COVID-19 clinical update #120 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #120, Dr. Griffin discusses outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, CDC recommendation for vaccines in young children, neurodevelopment outcomes in infants of mothers testing positive for COVID during pregnancy, efficacy of monoclonal antibodies and antivirals in hamsters, rebound phenomenon after PAXLOVID in high-risk persons, hospitalization for infection after PAXLOVID treatment, and risk of long COVID with different variants.

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TWiV 911: Antibody can get vaccinated now

TWiV provides an update on hepatitis of unknown etiology in children, an experimental nanoparticle vaccine for Epstein-Barr virus, and minimal impact of bamlanivimab therapy on antiviral antibodies induced by vaccination.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:41:20

Brianne – A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog
Kathy – A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Rich – Archive
Vincent – Bandwagoning by Heran Darwin

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TWiV 910: COVID-19 clinical update #119 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #119, Dr. Griffin reviews tixagevimab for infection prevention, ivermectin for outpatient infection treatment, symptom rebound after PAXLOVID treatment, bamlanivimab minimally impacting immune response to vaccination, in-hospital mortality among infection patients, residual viral antigen in patients following infection, usage of Casirvimab/Imdevimab and Remdesivir in infected patients with depleted B-cells, and rheumatic symptoms following infection.

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TWiV 909: Art of science

From ASM Microbe 2022 in Washington DC, Vincent and Michael speak with science artists Michele Banks and Jane Hartman about their work and their inspiration.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Michael Schmidt

Guests: Michele Banks and Jane Hartman

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TWiV 907: When the cats and mice are away, the viruses play

TWiV discusses the situation with monkeypox, risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infections of cats and dogs, and a lineage-tracing mouse model for studying papillomavirus infections.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:29:52

Brianne – Microbes Rule! at Liberty Science Center
Rich – Artemis I update:  Mission diagram, mission in photos, launch dates
Vincent – Eco-sustainable 3D printed house – Tecla

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TWiV 908: COVID-19 clinical update #118 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #118, Dr. Griffin discusses management of hair loss after infection, FDA announcements on vaccine schedule and recommendations, Moderna announcement on bivalent booster candidate, association between vaccination and infection during pregnancy, population-level implications of Israel’s booster campaign, PAXLOVID outcomes during recent infection surge, efficacy and safety of Tixagevimab-cilgavimab, diagnostic accuracy of infection by canines, efficacy of colchicine in hospitalized patients, and factors associated with hospital readmission.  

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TWiV 906: Long COVID, giant viruses, and smallish pox

TWiV reviews human monkeypox infections, evidence for human Mimivrus infections, and incidence of long COVID in post-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:25:29

Dickson – Lake Mead water level very low
Brianne – Transplantation of a 3D printed ear made out of human cells
Rich – nderstanding Vaccine Safety and the Roles of the FDA and the CDC and The Facts About Vaccine Safety
Vincent – My new favorite backpack

Listener Pick

Greg – Against the Rules

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